Novgorod Governorate
58°26′N 32°23′E / 58.433°N 32.383°E
| Novgorod Governorate Новгородская губерния | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire (1727–1917), Russian Republic, and Russian SFSR (1917–1927) | |||||||||
| 1727–1927 | |||||||||
Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Novgorod | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 118,544.4 km2 (45,770.2 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 | 1,367,022 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1727 | ||||||||
• became part of Leningrad Oblast | 1 August 1927 | ||||||||
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Novgorod Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1727 to 1776 and from 1796 to 1927. Its administrative center was in the city of Novgorod. The governorate was located in the northwest of the European part of the Russian Empire.